Adventures in Jewelry Construction and Design
Presenter: Beth Vannatta (Piglet)
Join expert guide Beth (Piglet) Vannatta as you journey into the world of
metal jewelry design. Learn steam casting through the process of investing,
burnout and casting as well as many other metal fabrication techniques
that can be used in an art classroom. Piglet will show you helpful shortcuts
and practical adaptions of tools and materials to get you on the path to
creating metal jewelry for yourself and with your students. All pieces will be cast
in Brass
metal jewelry design. Learn steam casting through the process of investing,
burnout and casting as well as many other metal fabrication techniques
that can be used in an art classroom. Piglet will show you helpful shortcuts
and practical adaptions of tools and materials to get you on the path to
creating metal jewelry for yourself and with your students. All pieces will be cast
in Brass
Limit: 12
Workshop Fee: $10
Animal Antics
Presenter: Brenda Jones
Trophy head animals will be sculpted in low fire clay using modified pinch pot
techniques. Your pet or other animal will be designed to fit in a clay embellished
frame to be hung on the wall. Participants will start with a pretty basic form
adding clay enhancements to portray personality and imagination. The animal
head form will be attached to a background which will allow for hanging once
fired. Participants will complete a head approximately 10 by 12 inches in clay and
will take home this leather-hard piece to dry and fire on their won.
If time permits or while parts of the sculpture are drying slightly, a second small,
hollow pinch pot animal will be sculpted as a Day of the Dead animal.
Although there will not be time to fire and finish the surface of the pieces
—techniques for finishing will be demonstrated and discussed. These will
include examples of cold finishes, underglazes, and glazing.
Get your game on—Clay is Fun!
techniques. Your pet or other animal will be designed to fit in a clay embellished
frame to be hung on the wall. Participants will start with a pretty basic form
adding clay enhancements to portray personality and imagination. The animal
head form will be attached to a background which will allow for hanging once
fired. Participants will complete a head approximately 10 by 12 inches in clay and
will take home this leather-hard piece to dry and fire on their won.
If time permits or while parts of the sculpture are drying slightly, a second small,
hollow pinch pot animal will be sculpted as a Day of the Dead animal.
Although there will not be time to fire and finish the surface of the pieces
—techniques for finishing will be demonstrated and discussed. These will
include examples of cold finishes, underglazes, and glazing.
Get your game on—Clay is Fun!
Limit: 10
Workshop fee: $10
Creating with Felted Fiber
Presenter: Nancy Squire
This is a wonderful three-session workshop which will help you learn to create the
wool in colors in order to work with students in many felted art projects. Session
one will be learning how to dye the wool with Kool Aid and food dyes to get many
good colors for felting without having to purchase different colors.
wool in colors in order to work with students in many felted art projects. Session
one will be learning how to dye the wool with Kool Aid and food dyes to get many
good colors for felting without having to purchase different colors.
The afternoon session 2 will be creating “Gefeltafish” a great project for elementary
through high school. Older students usually put more applied detail on the fish.
This is all wet felting.
through high school. Older students usually put more applied detail on the fish.
This is all wet felting.
The third session is creating a felted “painting” for the wall...without painting.
Base is wet felted with fine details needle felted onto surface. Handouts, lesson
plans and resources available at sessions.
Base is wet felted with fine details needle felted onto surface. Handouts, lesson
plans and resources available at sessions.
Limit: 15
Workshop Fee: $15
Making Choice-Based Art Work in Your K-12 Classroom
Presenters: Polly Blair, Kaleena Grasela, Katie Morris and Erica North
Join four teachers who practice TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior) in their
classrooms. We’ll dive into general topics including why we adopted a TAB
pedagogy, how we set up our rooms to accommodate choice-based centers,
share signage tips and resources, and discuss classroom management and
assessment at the elementary, middle, and high-school levels. Regardless of
whether you’re a TAB instructor, this session has loads of good ideas for
incorporating choice into your classroom.
classrooms. We’ll dive into general topics including why we adopted a TAB
pedagogy, how we set up our rooms to accommodate choice-based centers,
share signage tips and resources, and discuss classroom management and
assessment at the elementary, middle, and high-school levels. Regardless of
whether you’re a TAB instructor, this session has loads of good ideas for
incorporating choice into your classroom.
Following a morning of a deep dive into the general mechanics of our TAB
classrooms, individual instructors will lead art making in the style of a TAB
classroom by sharing “five-minute demos” on specific topics. All session
participants will try their hand at the projects, taking home teacher examples
to use in their classrooms. Polly Blair will share her clay tips and discuss why
and how she keeps the Clay Center open year-round. Kaleena Grasela will
demonstrate ideas for creating paper and cardboard sculpture projects with
her students. Erica North will lead demonstrations on several printmaking
techniques, and Katie Morris will share how she does painting “boot camps”
at the high school level, and uses themes and national standards to plan curriculum.
classrooms, individual instructors will lead art making in the style of a TAB
classroom by sharing “five-minute demos” on specific topics. All session
participants will try their hand at the projects, taking home teacher examples
to use in their classrooms. Polly Blair will share her clay tips and discuss why
and how she keeps the Clay Center open year-round. Kaleena Grasela will
demonstrate ideas for creating paper and cardboard sculpture projects with
her students. Erica North will lead demonstrations on several printmaking
techniques, and Katie Morris will share how she does painting “boot camps”
at the high school level, and uses themes and national standards to plan curriculum.
Limit: 20
Workshop Fee: $20
Mixed Media Magical Bird Sculptures
Presenter: Avery Kasper
This is a tried-and-true lesson I have taught for four years to my Junior High AND
High School Students, and it's always one of the favorite lessons of the year. We
will begin by creating armatures out of wire, newspaper and tape. Armatures are
then covered with plaster wrap. The sculpture is then decoupaged and painted.
Mixed media pieces are attached to the bird--feathers, stamped papers,
embellishments of all kinds. As a supplemental element to this lesson, I always have
the students create a stab-bound book about the bird. While the plaster is drying,
we will create our stab-bound books and use basic art journaling methods to create
a beautiful companion book for our sculptures.
High School Students, and it's always one of the favorite lessons of the year. We
will begin by creating armatures out of wire, newspaper and tape. Armatures are
then covered with plaster wrap. The sculpture is then decoupaged and painted.
embellishments of all kinds. As a supplemental element to this lesson, I always have
the students create a stab-bound book about the bird. While the plaster is drying,
we will create our stab-bound books and use basic art journaling methods to create
a beautiful companion book for our sculptures.
Elements covered: Idea development, armature creation, using plaster wrap to
achieve a smooth surface, decoupage, painting techniques to create visual texture,
stab binding, papercrafting.
achieve a smooth surface, decoupage, painting techniques to create visual texture,
stab binding, papercrafting.
Limit: 20
Workshop Fee: $15
Multi-Layer Progressive Tempera Batik with 3-D Relief Sculpture
Presenter: Ginger Steck
Participants will be taken through the process of creating a multi-layer progressive
tempera batik. Participants will create example batiks and swatch charts using this
process as well as gain the experience of taking the painting completely through the
inking and finishing process which is the
most critical part to success. Please bring project ideas with you to the workshop.
tempera batik. Participants will create example batiks and swatch charts using this
process as well as gain the experience of taking the painting completely through the
inking and finishing process which is the
most critical part to success. Please bring project ideas with you to the workshop.
In addition, participants will experiment with 3 types of low 3-D relief materials and
gain tips to using the media processes for projects. The low3-D relief materials that
will be explored will be plaster, metal foil and paper mache clay.
gain tips to using the media processes for projects. The low3-D relief materials that
will be explored will be plaster, metal foil and paper mache clay.
Limit: 15
Workshop Fee: $10
Paint, Plaster, Paper
Presenters: Cal Mahin and Cathy Gordon
Cal Mahin and Cathy Gordon have teamed up again to present what just might be
the ultimate mixed media workshop! Not only will students create two finished
mixed media pieces, but will also be provided a wealth of mixed media tips and
techniques. If something is drying, the instructors will be "demo-ing" new
approaches to layering, gluing, printing, and texturing surfaces. We will also
discuss effective compositional arrangements and talk about new trends in
mixed media. This workshop will be chockfull of hands-on mixed media fun.
the ultimate mixed media workshop! Not only will students create two finished
mixed media pieces, but will also be provided a wealth of mixed media tips and
techniques. If something is drying, the instructors will be "demo-ing" new
approaches to layering, gluing, printing, and texturing surfaces. We will also
discuss effective compositional arrangements and talk about new trends in
mixed media. This workshop will be chockfull of hands-on mixed media fun.
We will begin our projects by plastering two canvases and then texturing the
surfaces using a variety of techniques. Once the plaster has dried, we will work
on building layers of color and developing depth on the textured surface. At
which point, it is collage, drawing, printing, painting, and the sky-is-the-limit time!!!
surfaces using a variety of techniques. Once the plaster has dried, we will work
on building layers of color and developing depth on the textured surface. At
which point, it is collage, drawing, printing, painting, and the sky-is-the-limit time!!!
Students will need to bring collage materials. Look for things that you can chop up
and use like (but not limited to!) old books, maps, pictures, photocopies, papers,
letters, postcards, old artwork, anything you don't mind cutting up and using in a
fantastic work of art!!! Don't worry about the other supplies! We will have them
ready for you!!
and use like (but not limited to!) old books, maps, pictures, photocopies, papers,
letters, postcards, old artwork, anything you don't mind cutting up and using in a
fantastic work of art!!! Don't worry about the other supplies! We will have them
ready for you!!
Limit: 15
Workshop Fee: $15
Paper Matters
Presenters: Betsy Roe, Karen Gerety-Folk, Gretchen Boyum and Joyce Huser
EXPERIENCE hands-on active learning and art making, while applying a deeper
understanding of visual literacy within your teaching practices. Explore concepts
of social justice through the sustainable and inclusive practices of papermaking.
Gain a unique perspective on how teachers can enhance units of instruction to
strengthen the role of art and design.
understanding of visual literacy within your teaching practices. Explore concepts
of social justice through the sustainable and inclusive practices of papermaking.
Gain a unique perspective on how teachers can enhance units of instruction to
strengthen the role of art and design.
You will:
Acquire ideas & activities for making connections to art & social practices.
Throughout this entire workshop, we will be discussing and creating based
on the concept of social practices integrated into the art classroom.
Throughout this entire workshop, we will be discussing and creating based
on the concept of social practices integrated into the art classroom.
Learn papermaking secrets: Hands-on papermaking to create sheets for a
journal.
journal.
•Learn about processing different types of fibers from a variety of materials
such as prairie plants & clothing for conceptual impact. We will also
address how community papermaking is used as a form of art therapy
and to raise awareness of specific contemporary social concerns.
such as prairie plants & clothing for conceptual impact. We will also
address how community papermaking is used as a form of art therapy
and to raise awareness of specific contemporary social concerns.
•Learn Eastern and Western sheet-forming techniques to create multiple
sheets of paper.
sheets of paper.
•Reflections and responses—These will be added to your final book project.
Discover a range of discussion and dialogue techniques.
•Examine diverse contemporary artwork: a sculpture, a photograph and a
painting each with an elephant. From picture books to nature and
pop culture, images help students connect with master artwork.
painting each with an elephant. From picture books to nature and
pop culture, images help students connect with master artwork.
•Individually, sketch ideas and then choose one. Make an unusual
animal out of Model Magic and mixed media.
animal out of Model Magic and mixed media.
•As a group, create a mock display/Classroom Gallery. Look at visuals of
gallery maquettes and discuss presentation with a museum curator’s
insight.
gallery maquettes and discuss presentation with a museum curator’s
insight.
•Explore the use of sketching and creative writing response in gallery
excursions and public art adventures.
excursions and public art adventures.
Make a journal from your hand-made papers
From your own handmade papers, learn how to and create a Slotted Book as a
journal to organize hand-outs, reflections and responses from this
workshop experience.
journal to organize hand-outs, reflections and responses from this
workshop experience.
Limit: 15
Workshop Fee: $0
Sure-Fire Methods That Will Excite You About Watercolor, Pastel and Oil Paint
Presenters: Lynn Felts and Martha Fitzwater
Day 1: Participants will complete a series of watercolor studies culminating in
a completed watercolor which can be plein aire or in the classroom from a reference
subject matter of your choice. Bring references for your final painting. All materials
will be provided, but bring your own brushes if you choose.
a completed watercolor which can be plein aire or in the classroom from a reference
subject matter of your choice. Bring references for your final painting. All materials
will be provided, but bring your own brushes if you choose.
Day 2: Participants will focus on information that can apply to all media—
enhancing creative and dramatic artwork. Studies in color and value will be
developed. Participants will complete a work of art in the media and subject
matter of your choice. Materials will be provided, but bring your favorites
and brushes if you choose.
enhancing creative and dramatic artwork. Studies in color and value will be
developed. Participants will complete a work of art in the media and subject
matter of your choice. Materials will be provided, but bring your favorites
and brushes if you choose.
Limit 20
Workshop Fee: $5
